May 05, 2004
Relating to the previous...
Is this Salon article by Michelle Goldberg, mentioned in Bissell's article, about the composition of the current antiwar movement. While the majority of demonstraters were simply opposed to the war in general, most of the major organizers of the current antiwar movement are far from doves.
In fact, they're supporters of groups as diverse in locale and unified in action as Peru's "maniacly brutal" Shining Path, the North Korean regime (with the deposing of Saddam the last remaining Stalinist holdout), the Maoist attempts to "liberate" Tibet, and like unsavory causes. Bissell himself points out that a significant portion of organizers behind major opposition voices to the current war are dyed in the wool Stalinists.
An interesting read to be sure.
